Multiple purpose tool



H. C. BAKER April 13, 1954 MULTIPLE PURPOSE TOOL Filed March 24; 1950 I u uentor Henry C. Baku Patented Apr. 13, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MULTIPLE PURPOSE TOQL Henry C. Baker, Muskegon, Mich; Leiah N. Baker, Wolf Lake, Mich., administratrix of said The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in special hand tools and has more particular reference to one which is especially, though not necessarily, adapted for use by house painters.

It is a matter of common knowledge that a painter has daily use for a number of hand tools in addition to his paint brush. For example, he will have need for a claw hammer, a screw driver, a scraper and perhaps a chisel. Naturally, when working on ladders and scaffolds, keeping these various individual tools conveniently at hand for best use is a difficult task, to say the least. In the circumstances, there xists a need for a single instrumentality in which the stated tools are satisfactorily incorporated.

It follows that it is an object of the present invention to provide a simple, practical, economical and reliable multiple purpose tool in which manufacturers and users will find their common needs and requirements fully met, contained and handily available.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tool of the stated type wherein, by attaching hand-grips to the intermediate portion of the handle forming shank, the one handle provides a common holder for the selectively usable instrumentalities mounted at the ends of the shank.

Another object of the invention has to do with a tool, the major portion of which is in the form of a flat metal bar which lends itself appropriate to fashioning of the handle forming shank and especially designed heads at opposite ends of the shank.

A still further object of the invention has to do with the provision of a block-like head on one end of the shank which, properly designed, provides an impact or hammer surface, board ripping and nail extracting claws and, by the incorporation therein of a simple extension or tongue, provides a satisfactory mount for a scraping blade.

Other objects and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a multiple purpose painters tool constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a section cut on the approximate line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

' Figure 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals and lead lines, the bar member, which is a flat metal stock of appropriate rigidity provides a shank portion 6 to the opposite sides of which elongated wooden or equivalent grips 3 and In are bolted in place as at I2. These parts 8 and I0 together with the shank provide a satisfactory handle. One end of the shank is reduced and shaped as shown at M and terminates in a head It which is shaped up to provide a screw driver bit. Said bit may also be referred to broadly as a blade or blade means.

The opposite end portion 18 of the shank is extended beyond the hand-grips where it is axially twisted at it and this end terminates in a relatively heavy block-like head 22. One side of the head is substantially plane and slightly cambered as shown in Figure 3 to provide a hammer surface 24. This side of the head is gradually thinned to provide blade mean 25 which is centrally notched at 25 to function as a claw hammer. The opposite underside of the head is formed with a relatively sturdy extension which constitutes a tongue and backing member. This tongue provides a satisfactory mount for a scraper blade 32, the blade being a flat plate with a suitable cutting edge. The blade bears against the backing surface of the tongue and is secured in place by a bolt 34 and a complemental nut 36. The blade as shown better in Figure 2 has its upper edge provided with a keeper notch 38 and a portion of the head is seated in the notch to provide a firm joint between the head, extension and blade and to prevent twisting and turning of the blade when in use.

The blades 32 may be used for scraping of paint, and may be employed, if suificiently sharp, for small cutting jobs or perhaps used as a chisel for such many purposes as chisels are properly and improperly used. The hammer head provides a mount for the blade and also gives the blade the necessary Weight when it is used for difiicult scraping tasks.

The single handle means is common to the tools which project beyond the hand-grips and the shank may be construed as a handle with its end portion provided with blade means, the blade means 26, blade means 32 and blade means I6. When the screw driver [5 is in use, the handgrips S and it! in conjunction with the hammer head provide conjoint handle means for operating the screw driver. It may be mentioned too that the curved hook-like surface 40 of the hammer head may be employed as a hook for suspending the tool on a ladder rung, clapboard or the like.

Changes in shape, size, materials and rearrangement of details and parts may be resorted to in actual practice, so long as they do not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims, as is well understood.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A house painters scraping tool comprising an elongated metal bar rectangular in cross-section and having longitudinally extending oppositely disposed fiat faces, hand-grips superimposed against and secured to said faces, one end of said bar projecting beyond the adjacent ends of said hand-grips, being axially twisted and terminating in a permanently enlarged, weighty flat-faced block-like head, one side of said head having a pronounced extension providing a tongue, said tongue projecting at right angles from and well below the adjacent longitudinal edge of said bar, one face of said tongue being fiat, a scraping blade having a flat face bearing against the fiat face of said tongue and detachably secured to said 25 tongue, the marginal edge of said blade adjacent to said head having a centered assembling and keeper notch and a portion of the last-named side of said head fitting into said notch.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 141,549 Ellis et a1 Aug. 5, 1873 462,445 Metzger Nov. 3, 1891 584,528 Stallings June 15, 1897 587,155 Minnemeyer July 27, 1897 633,571 Crocker- Sept. 26, 1899 663,362 Rabya Dec. 4, 1900 677,105 Shafier June 25, 1901 900,871 McCabe Oct. 13, 1908 1,923,964 Benton Aug. 22, 1933 2,547,376 Crawford Apr. 3, 1951 2,563,940 Krasberg Aug. 14, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 97,099 Austria May 26, 192% 634,096 France Nov. 8, 1927 

